Shafi'i Fiqh : The Jurisprudence of Imam Shafi'i

al-Shafi'i's Risala - Treatise on the Foundations of Islamic Jurisprudence
Safinat al-Naja - A Short Treatise on Worship Based on the School of Imam al-Shafi'i
The Essentials of Islam - Ahmed ibn Zayn al-Habashi [Back in Stock - October 2011]
Reliance of the Traveller - by Ahmad Ibn Naqib al-Misri
A Guide to the Conclusive Proofs to the Principles of Belief - Kitab al Irshad; By Imam al-Juwayni
A Sunni Shafi Law Code - by Anwar Ahmed Qadiri

Page Last Updated : 8th October 2011

Al-Shafi’i’s Risala - Treatise on the Foundations of Islamic Jurisprudence
Hardback - 380 pages

Translated by Majid Khadduri

Written in the second Islamic century by al-Imam al-Shafi’i (d. 204AH/820 CE), the founder of one of the four Sunni schools of law, this important work gives the fundamental principles of Islamic jurisprudence and its influence continues to the present day. During the early years of the spread of Islam, the exponents of Islamic legal doctrine were faced with the problems raised by ruling and administering a diverse and rapidly growing empire.

In Madina and Kufa, as well as other cities of early Muslim rule, schools of law had to be developed, but it took the genius of Muhammad b. Idris al-Shafi’i, May Allah be pleased with him, born in the year 150AH/767CE, to establish the principles by which the various legal doctrines could be synthesised into a coherent system. In the Risala, which laid down the basis for such a synthesis, al-Shafi’i established the overriding authority, next only to the Qur’an, of the Sunna or example of the Prophet Muhammad, May Allah bless him and grant him peace, as transmitted in the traditions.

Professor Majid Khadduri has done an admirable service in making this valuable work available in English, His excellent translation uses not only the original manuscripts of Ibn Jama’a and al-Rabi, found at Dar al-Kutub, the National Library in Cairo, but also authoritative editions published earlier in this century, namely the Bulaq and Shakir editions. In his introduction, Professor Khadduri outlines the historical background of the Risala and gives a biography of al-Imam al-Shafi’i as well as annotated, detailed summaries of the composition, structure, substance and argument of the text. He also includes a list of transmitters of traditions, a glossary of the most important Islamic legal terms and a select bibliography. For this new edition, the index has been expanded and a small corrigenda added.

‘One of the leading texts on Islamic fiqh. A must for the bookshelf of all conscientious Muslims.’
--- Dr Darsh (Q News)

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Safinat al-Naja - A Short Treatise on Worship Based on the School of Imam al-Shafi'i

Paperback - 89 pages

Safīnat al-Najāh - In Arabic with English text.

By: Shaykh Sālim ibn ʿAbdullah ibn Saʿd ibn Samīr al-Hadramī al-Shāfiʿī.

''The Ship of Salvation'' - A beginners guide in Shafi Fiqh

A classic manual of Islāmic Doctrine and Jurisprudence, with commentary and appendices.

Excellent primer for the Shafi'i school.

NB: The publisher is donating £1 from the sale of every book to a charity in Africa or will donate it towards a scholarship fund to fund students of knowledge. --- The Ribat Institute

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The Essentials of Islam - by Ahmed ibn Zayn al-Habashi

Paperback - 58 pages Translated by : Abdal Aziz Ahmed

[Back in Stock - October 2011]

Edited by: Shaykh Abd 'al-Hakim Murad

For over three centuries the text al-Risâlah al-Jâmiah has been used across the Muslim world as a ‘primer’ for people embarking upon the study of Islam and its key principles.

This is a thorough yet concise manual, which navigates the reader carefully through the essential elements of Aqida, Fiqh (of the classical Shafi’i school of law) and Tasawwuf, making it an invaluable resource for people seeking knowledge, clarity and guidance.

The translation, accompanied by the original Arabic, has made this classical work even more accessible by being rendered into the English Language. Its style and manner makes it easy for the reader to follow the basic principles without any prior knowledge or reading of Islam.

Shaykh Ahmed ibn Zayn al-Habashi - The Author : The text was penned by one of the greatest sages of Hadramaut, Shaykh Ahmed ibn Zayn al Habashi (b.1069H/1659CE). A man of great character and learning, he spent forty years under the tutelage of the blessed Imam Abdullah bin Alawi al Haddad May Allah be pleased with him who described him as,‘The learned ascetic who was sent to me’, alluding to his mastery of the Islamic Sciences as well as Tasawwuf.

Dedicated to the pursuit and promotion of knowledge from an early age, he was known not only for his wisdom and scholarship, but also for the establishment of mosques across the ancient region of Hadramaut. To this day his works remain as a testament to the calibre of his scholarship and rank among the Awliyaa. He died on 19th Sha’bân 1145H, on a Friday.

Sidi Abdal Aziz Ahmed - Translator : Qualified as a teacher from Leicester University in 1984, Abdul Aziz Ahmed was born and raised in Nottingham, UK. He has taught in England, Scotland, USA, Africa and Saudi Arabia. His specialty is Special Needs and Language. His Islamic Studies have taken him to various countries as diverse as Tunisia, Yemen, the Hijaz, Turkey and East Africa. His teachers include the late Shaykh Habib Ahmed Mashur al-Haddad (Jeddah), Shaykh Abdul Rahman al-Kitamy (Kenya), Sidi Fethullah Gulen (Turkey), and Shaykh Ab'ul Qasim ibn Zein Qayrawan (Tunisia). He also spent 10 years with Shaykh Mahmud Galal from al-Azhar (Cairo).

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Reliance of the Traveller by Ahmad Ibn Naqib al-Misri - Trans. by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller

Hardback - 1234 pages

'Umdat al-Salik wa 'Uddat al-Nasik - Reliance of the Traveller

The classic in-depth manual of Islamic law based on the Shafi'i school of thought, with a detailed index and commentary on specific rulings. 1,200 pages in rabic and facing English text in two column format with occasional diagrams.

The appendices form an integral part of the book and present original texts and translations from classic works by prominent scholars such as al-Ghazali, Ibn Qudamah, al-Nawawi, al-Qurturbi, al-Dhahabi, Ibn Hajar May Allah be pleased with them all and other, on topics of Islamic law, faith, spirituality, Qur'anic exegesis and Hadith sciences. It has also biographical notes about every person mentioned (391 biographies), bibliography of each work cited (136 works), and a detailed subject index (95 pages). Of the 136 works drawn upon in its commentary and appendices, 134 are in the original Arabic. The sections and paragraphs have been numbered to facilitate cross-reference.

'Umdat al-Salik wa 'Uddat al-Nasik (Reliance of the Traveller and tools of the Worshipper) is a classic manual of fiqh. It represents the fiqh rulings according to the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence.

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A Guide to the Conclusive Proofs for the Principles of Belief : (Kitab al-irshad)

Kitab Al-Irshad Ila Qawati Al-Adilla Fi Usul Ati Tiqad (Great Books of Islamic Civilisation)

By Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni Translated by: Paul E Walker

Paperback - 388 pages

About this book: This work, commonly known simply as a (The Guide) is a major classic of Islamic theology. Its author, Imān al-Haramayn al-Juwayni may Allah be pleased with him (d. 478/1085), was the leading Ash‘arite (Sunni) theologian of his time but he was more famous for his many important treatises on the principles of law and for having been the teacher of the great Imam al-Ghazzāli may Allah be pleased with him. Nevertheless, his writings in the field of theology, especially the present book, represent the high point of its development in the Islamic world until then.

Here the master sets out systematically what he considered the sure proofs for the principles of any discourse about God and His attributes, about what must be said concerning Him, and how the human being should understand what is possible in respect to God.

About the translator: The translator, Paul E. Walker, gained his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilisations at the University of Chicago and is a historian of ideas at the same university. He specializes in various aspects of Islamic thought in its classical phase (from the ninth to twelfth century) and has written a number of books about individual figures from that period.

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A Sunni Shafi'i Law Code by Imam Abu Shuja al-Isfahani

Hardback - 156 pages

by Anwar Ahmad Qadiri

Qadi Abi Shuja’s most renown work is known as Mukhtasar Abi Shuja’ or Ghayat Al-Ikhtisar and also Ghayat At-Taqrib (also called the Matn of Abi Shuja’). This work is considered one of the most useful and widely studied Shafi’i primers in the Muslim world today. Several commentaries have been written on it.

Contents:

---Preface

---Abbreviations

---Foreward by the Author

Books :

1. Purity

2. Prayer

3. Zakat

4. Saum or Fasting

5. Hajj or Pilgrimage

6. Mu'amalat or Transactions

7. Fara'id or Inheritance and Wasiyyah or Wills